De/constructing Literacies

Amélie Lemieux is Assistant Professor of Literacy and Technology at Mount Saint Vincent University. A Lieutenant-Governor’s Medal Recipient and TedX speaker, Lemieux's research extends an expansive view of literacy informed by multidimensional epistemologies that combine digital literacy and the arts.

"De/constructing Literacies: Considerations for Engagement provides us incredibly important additions to the conversations/debates surrounding literacy and learning. With the world constantly changing, including learners, it is critical we consider the ways in which we interact in diverse contexts but also the affectual nature of these interactions. The book effectively utilises the methodology of phenomenological hermeneutics in exploring material culture and multimodal receptions and productions as they relate to posthumanism. With thought-provoking images and prose as well as powerful classroom practices related to reading engagement the book takes the reader on a journey; mapping literate practices through time and space. I am convinced that all interested in literacy, learning and posthumanist thought will read this book with great interest. I highly recommend it."—Georgina Barton, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

• List of Figures – Introduction – Literacies as Engrenages or How Phenomenological Hermeneutics Impact Literacy Studies – De/constructing Reading Engagement – Illustrating Reading Engagement: Indicators, Meaning-Making, and Beyond – Mapping Reactions across Students: Engagement Tendencies – Community-Oriented Literacies and the Place of Materiality – Index.